Overheard Stagehand Line #42: "The worst kind of ass-kisser..."

"The worst kind of ass-kisser is the kind of ass-kisser who believes in his heart that he is a stand-up guy." 

Overheard Stagehand Line #41: "Backstage, he's 95 percent gentleman..."

Referring to a brilliant Broadway actor: "Backstage, he's 95 percent gentleman and five percent madman."

Term of the Day: lech

lech--dirty old man (or woman)

Term of the Day: rivets started popping again

the rivets started popping--when someone is beginning to lose it. "After being dressed down by the head to keep the crazy at home, the old stagehand tried to hold it together. After a few months, the rivets started popping again."

Overheard Stagehand Line #34: "He's not an open book...

"He's not an open book, he's more like an open wound"--said of a whiny stagehand, who always recalls negative experiences, or giving out TMI.

Term of the Day: toady

toady--ass-kisser. "Be careful with that guy...despite his Local #1 pedigree, he is a management toady."

Overheard Stagehand Conversation #6: "another asshole"

At the end of the loadout, a head and stagehand had a brief conversation:
FAMOUSLY DIFFICULT HEAD: "On this show, I made you into a better stagehand."
STAGEHAND: "Nah, I just learned how to work for another asshole."